Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-05-26

WORDS, oDeAeu without Object; IL
The robber with quick iars
my hands behind me and n,
them with a strip of rawhide I'M
bound me securely to tree
finishing these preliminaries bo
led my pockets OF the loose NM
them.
is that all, senor2'' he ast.,
deep disgust.
GAN have | answered
1.-The senior has my sympathy y
the rascal, with vicious grin
the mule is something"
The robber turned my steed :.
right about and jumped into the ,,5S
Let the senior be patient bo
as he rode off "-Some traveqr
release him, and it is not far n
Pablo Give Franciscos commas
to the alcalde. Adios, senior Al.
And waving his hand he di,apre,
around a bend in the road.
So this was the noted hiehworr.
Francisco, for whose head the Gar'
nor had offered heavy reward
There was consolation in the tbop-.
No one would blame me for ,pL,'
dering to a daredevil who was !.
sidered match for any three MA
| Yucatan.
But my train of thought wa, q,
interrupted in a pleasant mams
Francisco had been gone perbm
quarter of an hour when mnls,
made his appearance leading his M
burro along The narrow path. Hsm
the stranger, | induced him to en-
bonds and release me- The mue.
told me that l escaped lightly 5
gave Francisco Il very black chanes
IF this place had not been in N
of San Pablo, " said he, e'the cut-taas
would have killed you"
The next morning the little togli
San Pablo was i'll state of erupT
Men. women and children rushed N
nell through the streets utteling 4
yells. | looked out of the window \
eral times, but could not make uDs
mind whether it was a revolution d
holiday.
| threw myself on the bed and Il
to get into II doze, and was succeeds
when the alcalde rushed into my ma
with a bevy of his retainers and pa
me into sitting posture.
The senor's commands haveta
obeyed, " said the acalde, exeits
1.-The dog of a bandit has been ans
ed, and will be tried before Inc
once. But we need the senior, tst
mony. Without the senior we cma
nothing"
1t took me almost no time 10 dr4
and accompany the little brown alct&
and his browner alguazils to them
tentious stone ediice on the plaza al
ed the palace of justice.
had never seen a criminal trial
a Mexican court, and everything Ea
new to me. The alcalde presided gt
great dignity. He was assisted @i
prosecuting officer, and several adp
Gates, as they call their lawyers, vgF
also on hand. The courtroom VS.
filled with crowd of eager spectl9N
all talking, swearing and shaking AE
fists Ut the prisoner. The robber EGS
cisco, was the most unconcerned Igt
ing man in the crowd. SurTumdeii
alguaZils, he was not handcuifcd. n
when he saw me he smiled and mF
me II polite bow.
The proceedings dragged all thOas
the weary day. My limited knowies
of the language made it impoSSibet
me to follow everything that was sd
but / understood that an effort wa b
! ing made to prove an abb. IhT
men, with rather honest faces. ,g1a
that at O'Clock on the previous ee
ming they had inhibited pulque Wl
Francisco at little village twa9
miles west of san Pablo If they ioa
the truth, of course my robber c0a
not have been Francisco.
1t irritatcd me to see so much l~
portauce attached To the abb aD
my ease. because had been led to y
licve that the prisoner would be ns
anyhow, as he was wanted foroas
crimes, and a BIC reward had beeH~
fcred Tor him. / was told, hoRt'e
that in Yucatan a prisoner, when
demands a trial, must be tried o.
leased inside of twelve hours ln oos
to hold him, therefore, the San fla
authorities had to make the ms
my evidence. b
The alibi business worried the ~
alcalde not a little. The three W.
ne>ses who swore to meeting frlAs
GO on the afternoon before were W
able men. On thcOther hand, J VIZ
stranger and an American. Ser
times during the day | was reea.i'a
the stand and examined and cross ="
amined. The utmost courtesy ci"
terized the examination, but II h1l /.
latitude that would not have been y
mitted in an American court ~
, quently Il spectator would nlel.I
with question or make a sugs''
to the alcaldc. Once Francisco N
marked that he was tired and "ogi
take it rs afavor if the court "''
hurry mp,
Toward the close Of the day ! '9' ,
man ON the outskirts OF the spec H.. -
whose face and manner attracted 4
attention. He was the very lma-s
! FRANCISCAN. the prisoner.